How do I search for the right solicitor who can give a first class service for my conveyancing in Gravesend?
Option 1 is to ask relatives who they used in the past and if they were happy with the service.
Option 2 is to search the web for conveyancing in Gravesend. Pick up the phone to two or three from the list and invite them to email you their conveyancing fee calculations and discuss your needs with the solicitor who will handle the legal process prior tocommitting.
Option 3 is to make use of our search tool to assist you in finding the right lawyers for you based on your individual expectations including location,timings, complexity and who your intended mortgage company is. Avoid the trap of appointing ninety nine pound conveyancing in Gravesend
is it true that all Gravesend conveyancing solicitors on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel are overseen by the SRA?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Kent Reliance approved list of solicitors they would need to be overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be overseen by the CLC.
I recently had an offer agreed on a house in Gravesend. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an on account payment of £200. A couple of days later, the property lawyer contacted me to say that they were not on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Coventry BS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
Principality have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on a flat in Gravesend has been agreed to, what are the next steps?
The property agent will need to be informed of your lawyer's details (be sure the property lawyers are on the lender’s panel). Call up Principality or the broker and complete any relevant documentation. Principality will sellect a valuer who will get in touch with the estate agent or owners to schedule an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes approximately a fortnight to get a mortgage offer. Principality will send the offer to you and your conveyancers. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing in Gravesend.
I used Arc property Solicitors a few years past for my conveyancing in Gravesend. Now, I need my documents however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Gravesend of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
How do I search for a Gravesend solicitor on the Halifax conveyancing panel? I am a keen cyclist and am happy to travel upto 25miles to meet the conveyancer.
You can use the facility on this page. Please select a lender and your location and you will see a number of Gravesend conveyancing lawyers locally. We have detailed some Gravesend conveyancing firms at the bottom of this page and you can contact them to check if they are on the Halifax approved list
My husband and I are first time buyers - agreed a price, but the agent informed us that the seller will only move forward if we use their recommended conveyancers as they need a ‘quick sale’. My instinct tells me that we should use a high street solicitor with experience of conveyancing in Gravesend
It is unlikely the owners are driving this. Should the seller want ‘a quick sale', alienating a genuine buyer is not the way to achieve this. Speak to the vendors direct and make the point that (a)you are keen to buy (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances in place © you have nothing to sell (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)but you will continue to appoint your preferred Gravesend conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will give the estate agent a introducer fee or meet his conveyancing thresholds pre-set by head office.
How up-to-date is your database of lawyers on the lender conveyancing panel in Gravesend? Do the mortgage companies send you an updated list?
Gravesend firms and firms conducting conveyancing in Gravesend themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the lender conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from the bank directly.